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Reliable home phone service in Auburn, AL that doesn't require internet
City Population: 66,259
Total number of households with telephone service: 30,280
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 6,056
Number of senior citizens: 5,566
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,061
Number of cell towers: 5
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Alabama
Reliable home phone service in Auburn, AL that doesn't require internet
Cary Woods, Chewacla, Cloverleaf, College Heights, Dean Road/Wrights Mill Road, Donahue Drive, Grove Hill, North Auburn, Opelika Road, Richland Road Area, Shelton Woods, Southside, Town Creek, Westside, White Oaks and many more.
City Population: 66,259
Total number of households with telephone service: 30,280
Households 65 years and over with telephone service available: 6,056
Number of senior citizens: 5,566
Number of senior citizens with a landline: 3,061
Number of cell towers: 5
*Data is estimated from the 2021 American Community Survey Data and 2022 US Census Estimates.
Traditional copper wire (POTS) landline service is not available in Auburn, AL. Community Phone allows you to keep your landline phone without internet or copper wire.
In fact, Community Phone is the only landline phone service in Auburn, AL that does not require internet. Other service providers such as Spectrum, AT&T, and Verizon require an internet connection or a bundle package with cable or internet.
According to survey results from Pew Research, "25% of people 65+ report never going online". That means that 1,391 seniors in Auburn don't want their primary phone service tied to their internet, even if they do have internet.
Community Phone works by connecting the landline phones of Auburn residents to cell towers. And Auburn is well-covered by cell towers; there are several cell towers in Auburn, covering 58 square miles. Cell towers have excellent coverage within a 5-mile radius, so there are plenty of cell towers in Auburn to provide strong coverage across the city. Community Phone serves every inch of Auburn, not just the most populated zip codes like 50010, and 50014.
Landline phone service usage in Auburn is alive and well. Nearly 2/3rds of people over the age of 65 still use a landline. 8.40% of Auburn's 66,259 people are over the age of 65, which means about 3,618 senior citizens in The Loveliest Village On The Plains still use landlines. Additionally, according to recent Pew Research data, 20% of seniors don't have any cell phone at all, meaning that 1,113 Auburn residents completely rely on landlines for their phone service.
Many landline alternatives require internet, but that's not an option for many Auburn residents. 11.80% of Auburn's 24,386 households do not have the internet at all, which means 2,878 households can't use internet-based landline service.
